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Start Over Object class Twined weaving Donor Lloyd W. Swift
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-59101a,b, described as (a) Small, oval, imbricated basket with 4 ladder-like designs in black and straw color; encircling bands (orange, blue, green on beige ground) around rim. With (b) tumpline made of twined wool on fiber foundation; attached to (a) by broken plaited line.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235237, described as Twined. Parallelograms in tan with vertical, light colored columns on straw colored ground.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235253, described as Twined basketry meal shaker. Whirlwind design in center, toothed designs on body. New and unused.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235233, described as Oval twined novelty basket with 4 bow - shaped designs in brown on straw - colored ground. In ink on the interior of the basket are two swastika like symbols. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, made for sale. Oval crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is plain twining to the edge of the base, where there are two weft rows of lattice twining. Going up the sides of the basket there are two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining up to below the rim where there is a single weft row of three strand twining followed by 1/8 inch of openwork parallel warps. At the rim there are two weft rows of plain twining and a reinforcing rod wrapped with a peeled shoot. The main design is four sets of butterfly-like figures that are formed by a central rectangle with two triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, with the design on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235236, described as Twined. Unused. Woodwardia fern in rows. 2 encircling bands. Geometric designs.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-59093a,b, described as With lid, twined, cylindrical. (a) Basket: diamond designs in orange and purple/black; long, narrow and tapering. (b) Cover: twined material with encircling bands in red and purple/black; attached to (a) by cotton thread.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235231, described as Tall, narrow, flared fancy basket. 4 encircling geometric design bands in red with dark brown outlines. There is a swastika in ink on the interior of the basket. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular basket vase, probably made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, red dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/2 inches plain twining, followed by 2 weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining followed by 1/4 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim appears to be comprised of 1 weft row of twining with reinforcing rods wrapped with beargrass. The main design is three horizontal rows of stepped parallelograms and triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California. There is a possible human hair woven into the basket, near the center exterior.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-235218a,b, described as Tall, globular basket with lid. Reduced and embellished version of a traditional food storage basket. Twined, brown geometric designs with dark brown horizontal lines within. (a) Basket. 3 strand parallel twining at rim, rim damaged. (b) Lid. 2 loops top center. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. Att.". There is a swastika in ink on the bottom of the lid and on the interior of the basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined storage shaped basket with lid, probably made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel possibly willow. The wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is maidenhair and red dyed woodwardia designs with a background of beargrass. On the lid there is a handle made of something like conifer root over a commercial cloth. On the main basket (a) at the starting knot there is 1.5 inches of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues 3 inches to where there are three weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues up to the rim where there are several rows of diagonal twining followed by one row of plain twining at the rim. The main design is geometric zigzags with dark brown horizontal lines within. At the rim there is a horizontal band of triangles. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The overlay is single sided on the exterior with some design coming through to the interior. The lid (b) has a crossed warp start with three strand twining for 1 inch followed by plain twining until 1 inches from the rim, where there is one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. All of the other techniques are the same as the main basket. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-235230a,b, described as Small. (a) Basket: Encircling curvilinear band probably based on needlework. Brown on straw colored ground). (b) Lid: Dark brown triangular designs. Knob. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". There is a swastika in ink on the interior of the basket. Per Ralph Shanks: A). Twined tourist trade basket bowl with B) lid. The warps probably are either hazel or willow. The weft is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass, with designs in maidenhair fern. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. At the base of the bowl there is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, after which plain twining continues to .5 inch from the rim, where there is one weft row of lattice twining. Plain twining continues to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The lid, starting at the knob, has three strand twining until the overlay begins, where plain twining continues until .5 inch from the rim, where there is one weft row of lattice twining. Plain twining continues after that until the rim which is trimmed. The design on the main basket is horizontal curvilinear lines with undulations. The lid has stacked triangles. The basket as an up to the right slant of weft twist, an exterior workface, and a rightward work direction. The overlay is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-235223a,b, described as Tobacco basket shape twined novelty; both lid and basket have designs including parallelograms with vertical stripes and diagonal columns of connected boxes. (a) Basket. (b) Lid. Tag: "KL. R. Tr. att.". There is a swastika in ink on the interior of the basket and in ink on the lid is a symbol similar to an R. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular basket with constricted mouth A) with lid B), probably made for sale. The following description is for A): Indented crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design background is in beargrass, with maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there are 2 inches of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim, where there is 1/16th of an inch of parallel warp openwork. The rim is wrapped with beargrass and maidenhair fern. The lid, B), has the same materials and weaving techniques, with the exception of the twining which is from the starting knot: .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, the rim is trimmed. The main design on A) and B) is three sets of diagonally stacked parallelograms with vertical lines inside them as well as three sets of diagonal chains of diamonds. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. Both baskets have a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California.

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